Assertion :Diploid organisms are missing one chromosome of a single pair. Reason: They have genomic formula 2n.
A
Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
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B
Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
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C
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
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D
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
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Solution
The correct option is D Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect. Diploid organism have two complete haploid sets and are represented by genomic formula 2n. The diploid organisms which are missing one chromosome of a single pair are called as monosomics (2n-1).